15:1 We
who
are
strong
have
an
obligation
to
bear
with
the
failings
of
the
weak,
and
not
to
please
ourselves.
15:2 Let
each
of
us
please
his
neighbor
for
his
good,
to
build
him
up.
15:3 For
Christ
did
not
please
himself,
but
as
it
is
written,
"The
reproaches
of
those
who
reproached
you
fell
on
me."
15:4 For
whatever
was
written
in
former
days
was
written
for
our
instruction,
that
through
endurance
and
through
the
encouragement
of
the
Scriptures
we
might
have
hope.
15:5 May
the
God
of
endurance
and
encouragement
grant
you
to
live
in
such
harmony
with
one
another,
in
accord
with
Christ
Jesus,
15:6 that
together
you
may
with
one
voice
glorify
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ.
15:7 Therefore
welcome
one
another
as
Christ
has
welcomed
you,
for
the
glory
of
God.
15:8 For
I
tell
you
that
Christ
became
a
servant
to
the
circumcised
to
show
God's
truthfulness,
in
order
to
confirm
the
promises
given
to
the
patriarchs,
15:9 and
in
order
that
the
Gentiles
might
glorify
God
for
his
mercy.
As
it
is
written,
"Therefore
I
will
praise
you
among
the
Gentiles,
and
sing
to
your
name."
15:10 And
again
it
is
said,
"Rejoice,
O
Gentiles,
with
his
people."
15:11 And
again,
"Praise
the
Lord,
all
you
Gentiles,
and
let
all
the
peoples
extol
him."
15:12 And
again
Isaiah
says,
"The
root
of
Jesse
will
come,
even
he
who
arises
to
rule
the
Gentiles;
in
him
will
the
Gentiles
hope."
15:13 May
the
God
of
hope
fill
you
with
all
joy
and
peace
in
believing,
so
that
by
the
power
of
the
Holy
Spirit
you
may
abound
in
hope.
15:14 I
myself
am
satisfied
about
you,
my
brothers,
that
you
yourselves
are
full
of
goodness,
filled
with
all
knowledge
and
able
to
instruct
one
another.
15:15 But
on
some
points
I
have
written
to
you
very
boldly
by
way
of
reminder,
because
of
the
grace
given
me
by
God
15:16 to
be
a
minister
of
Christ
Jesus
to
the
Gentiles
in
the
priestly
service
of
the
gospel
of
God,
so
that
the
offering
of
the
Gentiles
may
be
acceptable,
sanctified
by
the
Holy
Spirit.
15:17 In
Christ
Jesus,
then,
I
have
reason
to
be
proud
of
my
work
for
God.
15:18 For
I
will
not
venture
to
speak
of
anything
except
what
Christ
has
accomplished
through
me
to
bring
the
Gentiles
to
obedience--by
word
and
deed,
15:19 by
the
power
of
signs
and
wonders,
by
the
power
of
the
Spirit
of
God--so
that
from
Jerusalem
and
all
the
way
around
to
Illyricum
I
have
fulfilled
the
ministry
of
the
gospel
of
Christ;
15:20 and
thus
I
make
it
my
ambition
to
preach
the
gospel,
not
where
Christ
has
already
been
named,
lest
I
build
on
someone
else's
foundation,
15:21 but
as
it
is
written,
"Those
who
have
never
been
told
of
him
will
see,
and
those
who
have
never
heard
will
understand."
15:22 This
is
the
reason
why
I
have
so
often
been
hindered
from
coming
to
you.
15:23 But
now,
since
I
no
longer
have
any
room
for
work
in
these
regions,
and
since
I
have
longed
for
many
years
to
come
to
you,
15:24 I
hope
to
see
you
in
passing
as
I
go
to
Spain,
and
to
be
helped
on
my
journey
there
by
you,
once
I
have
enjoyed
your
company
for
a
while.
15:25 At
present,
however,
I
am
going
to
Jerusalem
bringing
aid
to
the
saints.
15:26 For
Macedonia
and
Achaia
have
been
pleased
to
make
some
contribution
for
the
poor
among
the
saints
at
Jerusalem.
15:27 For
they
were
pleased
to
do
it,
and
indeed
they
owe
it
to
them.
For
if
the
Gentiles
have
come
to
share
in
their
spiritual
blessings,
they
ought
also
to
be
of
service
to
them
in
material
blessings.
15:28 When
therefore
I
have
completed
this
and
have
delivered
to
them
what
has
been
collected,
I
will
leave
for
Spain
by
way
of
you.
15:29 I
know
that
when
I
come
to
you
I
will
come
in
the
fullness
of
the
blessing
of
Christ.
15:30 I
appeal
to
you,
brothers,
by
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
and
by
the
love
of
the
Spirit,
to
strive
together
with
me
in
your
prayers
to
God
on
my
behalf,
15:31 that
I
may
be
delivered
from
the
unbelievers
in
Judea,
and
that
my
service
for
Jerusalem
may
be
acceptable
to
the
saints,
15:32 so
that
by
God's
will
I
may
come
to
you
with
joy
and
be
refreshed
in
your
company.
15:33 May
the
God
of
peace
be
with
you
all.
Amen.